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Definition of repeating in English:

repeating

adjective

1(of a firearm) capable of firing several shots in succession without reloading.

‘A man firing a repeating rifle faces a man wielding a sword.’

‘The columns shift in a laterally repeating rainbow sequence of 50 colors taken from an ink-marker assortment on a white ground.’

‘Lockhart's sidekick Charley, a half-Apache, has gone to question his relatives about the repeating rifles being sold to them in the area.’

2(of a pattern) recurring uniformly over a surface.

‘It features dreadfully long and boring ‘action’ sequences comprised mostly of repeating footage of men firing pistols in the dark.’

‘They are designed to be cut at regular intervals (often indicated by a vertical row of a small scissors included in the repeating pattern), resulting in scarves of a standard size.’

‘The repeating segments create loops and coils that visually reside on the surface of each panel and mingle with surrounding passages of more abstract ornament.’

‘Emphatically linear, the works are open, repeating forms that respond to the industrial landscape of northern Indiana, an area he drives through daily to reach Gary from his Chicago home.’

‘Hardware and software - metal and light and sound - mingled in endlessly surprising ways (though the projections and audio ran on a repeating loop).’

‘Terrain is tile-based, but our process allows for each tile to be unique, so there are no visible repeating patterns.’

‘The idea of repeating variations on a single geometric form in a building at all scales from the overall site plan to interior ornamental detail was central to Wright's concept of an organic architecture.’

‘Seen together in the gallery, the paintings produced the overall effect of an astonishing installation piece, as the repeating silhouettes established a dialogue of form from one canvas to the next.’

‘The repeating, geometric patterns of the tire treads have likewise been linked to traditional African textiles and scarification rituals.’

‘If we want an asphalt texture to convincingly cover a parking lot, it's well worth the time and effort to work on the edge detail until the seams are invisible and any repeating patterns are kept to a minimum.’

‘But high, blacked-out ceilings and a pattern of exposed concrete cylinders are balanced by a repeating carpet pattern.’

‘Various framing devices - decorative elements or fan shapes - set off the central images, and repeating patterns often give the effect of looking through a kaleidoscope.’